Documentaries that honor and praise the liberating act of self-determination, having left their mark on world queer cinema, take center stage at the grand tribute “Citizen Queer” of the 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (7-17/3/2024). Stories of everyday life and invaluable historical documents on the early days and the evolution of the LGBTQI+ movement, stories personal and universal, featuring the people around us, our beloved ones and our very selves, explore what defines and surrounds, reminding us that only when together can we feel complete and self-fulfilled.

The Festival showcases films that reflect life in all its aspects, from the adventure of love and the challenges of everyday life all the way to the pivotal issues of identity, the courageous assertion of rights, the promising transformations that have already taken place, the necessary changes bound to take place in the future.

The special consultants of the 26th TiDF’s tribute are Maria Cyber (Greece), one of the first lesbian activists in the Greek LGBTQI+ scene, founder and long-time director of the legendary Outview Festival, Rico Johnson-Sinclair (UK), founder of the famous CineQ queer festival and inclusion practitioner in prestigious film festivals, among which Berlinale and Cannes, and (they/them) Simon(e) van Saarloos (The Netherlands), writer, curator and visual artist.

More than 25 films will be screened within the tribute’s framework. Following each screening beloved artists, activists and acclaimed personalities of cinema and culture, as well as academics and scientists, will discuss with the audience. The speakers’ names will be announced shortly.

The Festival, through the 26th TiDF’s grand tribute and a series of multifaceted actions and initiatives, supports the EuroPride 2024 that will be held in Thessaloniki from June 21st to June 29th 2024.

Barbara Hammer’s Nitrate Kisses will be screened at 8:30pm on Wednesday, March 13th.

Film line-up:

• THE QUEEN , Frank SIMON, USA, 1968, 66′
• BETTY , Dimitris STAVRAKAS, Greece, 1979, 34′
• THE HOMOSEXUAL CENTURY , Lionel SOUKAZ & Guy HOCQUENGHEM, France, 1979, 83′
• ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS, DA PENNEBAKER , UK, 1979, 103′
• LOOKING FOR LANGSTON , Isaac JULIEN, UK, 1989, 46′
• DISCO’S REVENGE , Constantine Giannaris, UK, 1989, 24′
• A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH , Constantine Giannaris, UK, 1991, 13′
• GREEKS (GREEK LOVE & SAPPHIC SOPHISTICATION) , Constantine GIANNARIS, UK, 1991, 14′
• NITRATE KISSES , Barbara HAMMER, USA, 1992, 65′
• UNDER THE CARPET OF HOLLYWOOD / THE CELLULOID CLOSET , Rob EPSTEIN & Jeffrey FRIEDMAN, USA, 1995, 102′
• SEXUAL IDENTITY / GENDERNAUTS , Monika TREUT, Germany-USA, 1999, 88′
• OCTOPUSALARM , Elisabeth SCHARANG, Austria, 2006, 107′
• BE LIKE OTHERS , Tanaz ESHAGHIAN, Canada-Iran-UK-USA, 2008, 73′
• 10 YEARS ATHENS PRIDE / 10 YEARS ATHENS PRIDE , Maria KATSIKADAKOU (CYBER), Greece, 2014, 6′
• KALIARDA , Paola REVENIOTI, Greece, 2015, 58′
• QUEERCORE: HOW TO PUNK A REVOLUTION , Yony LEYSER, USA-Germany, 2017, 80′
• LESBIANS, CAMERA, GO! / DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! , Caroline BERLER, USA, 2018, 61′
• KILLING PATIENT ZERO , Laurie LYND, Canada, 2019, 98′
• LEMEBEL , Joanna REPOSI GARIBALDI, Chile-Colombia, 2019, 96′
• QUEER JAPAN , Graham KOLBEINS, USA-Japan, 2020, 99′
• DILDO RIOT, Maria KATSIKADAKOU (CYBER) & Nikos CHANTZIS, Greece, 2021, 9′
• FLEE , Jonas POHER RASMUSSEN, Denmark-France-Sweden-Norway, 2021, 93′
• REBEL DYKES , Siân A. WILLIAMS & Harri SHANAHAN, UK, 2021, 95′
• NELLY & NADINE / NELLY & NADINE , Magnus GERTTEN, Sweden-Belgium-Norway, 2022, 93′
• ON THIS WONDROUS SEA , Kalliopi LEGAKI, 2022, 17′
• SILENT LOVE , Marek KOZAKIEWICZ, Germany-Poland, 2022, 72′
• AKOE/AMFI: THE STORY OF A REVOLUTION (JUST TO SLEEP ON THEIR CHEST…) , Iossif VARDAKIS, Greece, 2023, 71′
• CODE OF FEAR , Apolain SIEWE, Germany-Cameroon, 2023, 84′
• DOROTHY ARZNER: PIONEER, QUEER, FEMINIST, Clara KUPERBERG & Julia KUPERBERG, France, 2023, 53′
• of girls , Wendelien van OLDENBORGH, The Netherlands-Japan, 2023, 43′
• ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY / ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY, Paul. B. PRECIADO, France, 2023, 99′
• WHO I AM NOT , Tünde SKOVRAN, Romania-Canada, 2023, 103′
• WARM FILM , Dragan JOVICEVIĆ, Serbia, 2024, 92′